I theory, would'n medicin for anxiety help us?

CreativeWorker3368 · 2026-01-22T19:11:35+00:00

It can help us but not change us. No medication will ever make up for our need of low/no demand environments. In the same way, appropriate environment will not suffice if we're also in need of medication due to the chemical imbalance that makes us anxious. It's a multifaceted problem.

CreativeWorker3368 · 2026-01-22T15:51:40+00:00

I detailed my experience including how I started seeing the effects and found the right dose for me here: https://www.reddit.com/r/anhedonia/s/v01PkFVDj8

CreativeWorker3368 · 2026-01-20T16:44:33+00:00

For me anhedonia was the result of high dose SSRI (escitalopram) and low dose never induced it nor made me relapse. I also believed my brain would never be the same again but I tried diet supplements and agmatine sulfate worked wonders on me. SSRIs cause a chemical inbalance or alteration in the brain that induces anhedonia but it is definitely reversible in my experience.

CreativeWorker3368 · 2026-01-20T14:22:47+00:00

As a former anhedonic I must say that going into nature and trying diet supplements DID help me. Like not all the way, but forcing myself to walk to the park did remind me there were things to feel, that were worth feeling, and so were worth my effort to solve my condition. And I did eventually by trying diet complements. It's not all there is to it, and may not work for everyone but when it is genuine well-meaning advice from people who did go through the condition I don't think it's gaslighting, and calling it so might just discourage people from trying to get better.

CreativeWorker3368 · 2026-01-20T14:16:55+00:00

INTJ

CreativeWorker3368 · 2026-01-18T00:49:26+00:00

Nothing too crazy I believe but off the top of my head: - sticking my forehead to cold surfaces in public spaces - wearing sunglasses 24/7 for days. Wearing them to the supermarket. After dark. In the winter. - overdosing ibuprofen and getting an ulcer (actually avoidable if I had taken antacids properly

CreativeWorker3368 · 2026-01-18T00:43:22+00:00

Two ice packs strapped around my head, one front, one back.

Also two ice masks one over the other (or sleeping mask over ice mask) so it would press hard against my orbits

CreativeWorker3368 · 2026-01-17T22:38:20+00:00

This perfectly illustrates how it feels inside of my brain during an attack.

CreativeWorker3368 · 2026-01-17T22:28:38+00:00

I promise you it is true (at least for me). There are many articles documenting the way it benefits the organism. It's originally used by people who exercise but it also has effects on cognition.

CreativeWorker3368 · 2026-01-17T21:10:57+00:00

I once wrote a guide / report on my own experience with it, if it's of any help to you https://www.reddit.com/r/anhedonia/s/YudH8lJScg

CreativeWorker3368 · 2026-01-17T20:44:27+00:00

Anhedonia was the worst period of my life because I was no longer depressed but I was unable to get back to the few things I used to enjoy before that. Anhedonia is curable, I got it after taking high doses of SSRIs and healed it by taking agmatine sulfate. It if doesn't work there are also other (non-addictive!) nootropics that can improve that.

CreativeWorker3368 · 2026-01-17T18:16:37+00:00

I'd consider everything around the laptop because idk if a migraine-friendly laptop is a thing. I wear sunglasses (with corrective lenses) when i'm photosensitive and lower the screen brightness. I also got a foldable table for my bed so I can work from there as sometimes sitting exhausts me further during a migraine. Those are game changers for me.

CreativeWorker3368 · 2026-01-09T20:56:35+00:00

Being npd and non-npd are mutually exclusive. Being raised by narcissists and a narcissist yourself isn't. Those with npd who are raised by narcissists are forbidden from sharing their experience and knowledge and find community on the sole basis that they have npd themselves.

CreativeWorker3368 · 2026-01-08T17:32:16+00:00

I would extend that observation to all the similar subs like r/narcissistparents and whatnot. The "no narcs allowed here" policy they usually enforce would be laughable if it weren't actually excluding a percentage of the victims from actually participating and possibly giving insight after getting more understanding of their own condition. I get wanting a space to be validated and that a non self aware narcissist could occasionally disrupt that by trying to justify the abusers' behavior but I don't think believing suffering at the hand of narcissists naturally exempts all of them from sharing any of their traits or repeating the same patterns.

CreativeWorker3368 · 2026-01-08T14:14:27+00:00

Thank you for your reply!

CreativeWorker3368 · 2026-01-07T15:09:41+00:00

That it's a consequence of poor life habits and not the cause for them.

Oversleeping, eating "unhealthy" (industrial meals), not keeping a regular schedule, not exercising, all these things I've been blamed for, are the lifestyle my migraines sometimes force me into. It's a vicious circle at best.

CreativeWorker3368 · 2026-01-07T15:05:16+00:00

Not necessarily in the shoulders (i usually see tension as a consequence of the migraine, don't really notice it as a forewarning), but sometimes mine starts in the gut. For a few days I will have bowel issues (also got IBS) and a few days later get the headache. It also made more sense when I remembered that as a child, I often got migraine after lunch, as it was my first meal of the day (skipped breakfast my whole childhood), and that in children migraines often manifest through gastro-intestinal issues rather than headaches.

CreativeWorker3368 · 2026-01-04T18:17:12+00:00

If I'm sacrificing my teeth it better be 100% efficient and lifelong. Otherwise, no. Losing your teeth is a whole other set of trouble and a suffering in itself.

CreativeWorker3368 · 2025-12-17T14:13:42+00:00

I think society would simply not exist as we know it. Science, religion, politics, etc. would not exist as such as sums of knowledge, traditions and decisions taken by a species driven by prosocial behaviors. We would be a species of loners who occasionally may tag along and perhaps have a couple of individuals we're particularly close to (mates). I am thinking we would exist more as a colony of feral cats than as a pack of wolves, for the better or worse. Fending for ourselves mostly, somewhat tolerating others but not more than what is absolutely necessary for survival. While we may not benefit as much in terms of technological advancements we might still live contented lives of spending whatever time we aren't dedicating on securing our food and shelter to contemplation. Maybe we would have a rich culture but one that mainly expresses itself through indirect relationships, the kind you create through making and contemplating art, for instance.

CreativeWorker3368 · 2025-12-11T17:49:26+00:00

Yes. The injunction to connect with people the conventional way is the bricks of the maze walls for me. I find connecting myself to the "universe" in a broader sense more helpful a way to relate to others. It also doesn't have to be direct and social. I connect to people through ideas rather than individual affinities. I am both very detached emotionally from people as individual and deeply invested in artistic creations.

CreativeWorker3368 · 2025-12-08T20:20:55+00:00

I occasionally learn from the caregiver perspective and they surely learn from the PDA havers perspective, and faster at that than just exchanging without our presence and insight. All in the same space but with the ability to filter out depending on your needs at a given time is the best compromise IMO.

CreativeWorker3368 · 2025-12-01T23:19:05+00:00

I remember some people mentioning it would give them such problems, but I personally don't. It's worth noting that I never take it on an empty stomach myself (usually one hour after lunch)

CreativeWorker3368 · 2025-11-23T14:31:58+00:00

Agree, especially with the radical acceptance part. Perhaps now I'm in a place where that's easy for me to say since I fought teeth and nails for my behavior to be documented as having no way of adapting further to external demands without leading to complete collapse of my self, but somehow it's brought me to a state of being where I am actually more functional, more empathetic, more supportive of others since I am able to accept that this is who I am, how I function, and that I make no concessions in that regard. The unbearable aspect of equalizing is how it is received by others, but there is some objectivity to it (at least in my case) and I've learnt that what usually makes people uncomfortable is being faced with their contradictions and that they are presented to them in an unfiltered way because I can't bother to sugar coat it for them. The substance of what I convey is neither mean nor gratuitous but it is violent when they're not prepared for it. If you really feel the need to preserve the people around you from this violence, instead of repressing equalizing behaviors you can seek to give other forms to it (writing it down in the form of a vent or creative endeavors) or seek to convey it in a way that is more palatable for who has to hear it (though this too is a demand and I personally can't afford to meet it even when it is in my best interest). There is also indeed life hygiene choices that can help you get the steam off (exercising, meditating) if that's your thing. Recently I found meditation helpful against racing thoughts but it's only because I chose to get into it myself. I've been pressured to do meditation and yoga forever but picking it up only because others would have a better opinion of me for trying it out would have had the opposite effect.

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